Toronto Eats: Pi Day at Pai Northern Thai Kitchen

Pai Northern Thai Restaurant

On March 14, better known as Pi Day, Ryan and I went for lunch with his parents to Pai Northern Thai Kitchen. Still on our Thai food kick following Pok Pok and Nana, Ryan and I checked another Thai restaurant off our list. The starter above was the Som Tum Tad, the papaya salad. It […]

Toronto Eats: Poutine Week at Fancy Franks

Toronto Eats: Poutine Week Fancy Franks

I might have mentioned before that Ryan loves poutine. For the second year, Toronto restaurants have been hosting Poutine Week where several restaurants create a special poutine dish and compete for the title of Best Poutine. Poutine Week happened back in February, but Ryan and I made sure to try some poutine one wintry afternoon. Poutine is […]

Canadian Design: L2RStudio with Ivan Zhao

Honest Ed's, L2RStudio, Kiku Corner

L2RStudio is a Toronto-based studio by artists including graphic designer Ivan Zhao. Tomiko and I loved his illustrations at the Etsy Made in Canada pop up back in September, recognizing classic Toronto cultural landmarks. His Toronto City Landmarks Series show buildings that are near-and-dear to our hearts, from past buildings like Sam the Record Man and […]

Canadian Design: Fionna Hanna the Textile Designer

Goose Pillow Cover by Fionna Hanna, Kiku Corner

Fionna Hanna is a Toronto-based textile designer that features archetypal Canadian animals on her cotton or linen pillowcases, scarves and pouches. Silk screen and embroidery combine to form graphic animal silhouettes accented by cheeky red accessories like scarves or headphones (or are those earmuffs?). Growing up overseas, we would often scoff at Canadian things, but […]

Toronto Eats: Underground Chef Cartel Battle Series

Last week, I originally planned to go for a regular dinner with a friend from uni, but at the last minute she found one of the the coolest events I’ve ever been to in Toronto. Called the Underground Chef Battle Series, it was a cooking competition with local chefs! The event was hosted at Teppan Kenta, a Japanese teppanyaki […]